Everything you need to know about Surat: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Surat: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Melbourne, May 3 (ANI): A Californian treasure hunter has claimed that he has found the body of Osama bin Laden 200 miles to the west of the Indian city of Surat.
Melbourne, May 3 (ANI): A Californian treasure hunter has claimed that he has found the body of Osama bin Laden 200 miles to the west of the Indian city of Surat.
Melbourne, May 3 (ANI): A Californian treasure hunter has claimed that he has found the body of Osama bin Laden 200 miles to the west of the Indian city of Surat.
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Kolkata, April 23 (IANS) Pitching for more private sector participation in power distribution, the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has said it would help improve efficiency and bring down aggregate technical and commercial (AT&C) losses.
Bangalore, April 4 (IANS) India's 19 nuclear reactors generated a record 32,455 million units (MUs) of power in fiscal 2011-12, posting a robust growth of 23 percent over previous fiscal (2010-11) when the combined output was 26,473 MUs, the state-run nuclear firm said Wednesday.
Hyderabad, April 2 (IANS) Advent International, one of the world's leading global private equity firms, Monday announced that it is investing $105 million (Rs.523 crore) in Hyderabad-based CARE Hospitals by acquiring shares from existing investors.
Surat, Mar 29 (ANI): Mill owners in Gujarat have anticipated a bumper sugercane production as compared to previous year.
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) The National Innovation Council (NInC) aims to have around 50 innovation clusters covering the entire country by the end of 2012 to help out the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), Chairman Sam Pitroda said Wednesday.
Surat, Mar 17 (ANI): Traders in Surat city have urged the government to take adequate steps to prevent the smuggling of Chinese garlic in Gujarat, as it is affecting their business adversely.
Surat, Mar 17 (ANI): Traders in Surat city have urged the government to take adequate steps to prevent the smuggling of Chinese garlic in Gujarat, as it is affecting their business adversely.
Surat, Mar 11 (ANI): With general budget proposals for fiscal 2012-13 to be announced this week, diamond and textile traders in Gujarat's Surat city expect the government to slash central excise duty and an increase in the tax limit.
Surat, Mar 11 (ANI): With general budget proposals for fiscal 2012-13 to be announced this week, diamond and textile traders in Gujarat's Surat city expect the government to slash central excise duty and an increase in the tax limit.
Surat, Feb 26 (ANI): Police officials on Sunday rescued a two-month-old girl child from the clutches of three traffickers including a woman, who bought the infant from her poor parents.
Ahmedabad/Surat, Feb 13 (ANI): A trial court in Ahmedabad will hear the closure report filed by the Supreme Court appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) on the Gulbarg Society massacre during the 2002 Gujarat riots.
Surat, Feb 12 (ANI): In a bid to overcome the shortage of craftsmen, the diamond associations in Gujarat's Surat city are imparting training to the tribal women to cut and polish gems, thereby increasing their chances of earning a livelihood.
Surat, Feb 12 (ANI): In a bid to overcome the shortage of craftsmen, the diamond associations in Gujarat's Surat city are imparting training to the tribal women to cut and polish gems, thereby increasing their chances of earning a livelihood.
Surat /Ahmedabad, Feb 9 (ANI): Zakia Jaffery, petitioner in the post-Godhra riot case on Thursday expressed her disappointment on the reported closure report filed by the Supreme Court appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT).
Surat, Feb 7 (ANI): One person was killed and over seven others were injured in a gas cylinder blast that took place in Gujarat's Surat city on Tuesday.
Surat, Jan 22 (ANI): In a tragic incident, three labourers died of asphyxiation while sleeping in an ornaments factory godown in Surat on Sunday.
Surat, Jan 13 (ANI): In a bid to protect birds from getting injured during the annual kite festival Uttarayana, a non-governmental organization, Prayas organised an awareness seminar, on Thursday in Surat.
Surat, Dec 18 (ANI): Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy on Sunday accused Congress President Sonia Gandhi of causing corruption in the country.
Surat, Dec 9 (ANI): Diamond traders of Surat, famous for being experts in the art of cutting the 'ice', celebrated the verdict of a Chinese court to release of 14 of their fellow traders who were in prison for nearly two years on charges of alleged smuggling.
Surat, Oct 27 (ANI): Supporting anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare and his associates, spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar has said that controversies will always be there around such big movements, but the truth will finally prevail despite all odds.
Surat, Sep 30 (ANI): With an aim to boost mass awareness against female infanticide, the members of saree, garment and jewellery traders initiated a special campaign in Surat.
Surat, Sep.14 (ANI): Leptospirosis has claimed the lives of 104 people in the area around Surat, Gujarat, in the last two months.
Mumbai/Surat, Sep 11 (ANI): The ten-day long 'Ganesh Utsav' comes to an end today with thousands of devotees coming out and participating in the 'Ganpati Visarjan'.
Surat (Gujarat), Sep.10 (ANI): A large number of devotees praised miniatures of the great wonders of the world exhibited on the occasion of Ganesh Utsav here.
Surat, Sep 3 (ANI): After social activist Anna Hazare become a household name across the country, a textile wholesaler in Surat has placed a bulk order for saris, each carrying an embroidered image of Anna.
Puri (Orissa), Aug.15 (ANI): Condemning the government for its stance on dealing with the menace of corruption, renowned sculptor Sudarshan Patnaik created a sand replica of social activist 'Anna Hazare' here on Sunday.
Surat, Aug 12 (ANI): Experts from the National Institute of Hydrology have confirmed that gas leaking from the ground in the Olpad region of Gujarat's Surat District is methane.
Surat (Gujarat), July 17 (ANI): In the wake of the bomb blasts in Mumbai's Zhaveri Bazar or diamond market, diamond traders of Surat are taking steps to beef up security at one of the world's biggest diamond-polishing centres.
Surat, July 6 (ANI): India has imposed a ban on the import of rough diamonds from Zimbabwe, in wake of reported acts of human rights violations in the African country.
Surat, June 26(ANI): The illegal sand quarrying in and around the Tapi River in Surat, Gujarat, is continuously posing a threat to a village situated on the bank of the river and hampering the crop production as well.
Surat (Gujarat), June 26 (ANI): Farmers in Gujarat's Surat District are anguished about the delay in the arrival of the monsoon.
Surat, June 2 (ANI): Diamond manufacturers have started the online trading of rough diamonds for the first time in Surat.
Surat, May 29(ANI): In a bid to help cut down the price of fuel in the market by using waste material, some biotech students in Surat, Gujarat, are using water hyacinth to produce ethanol, which can be used as an alternate source of energy.
Surat, May 28(ANI): The Surat Diamond Association (SDA) has taken an initiative of keeping a database of diamond workers by issuing them photo identity cards.
Surat, May 5 (ANI): In a bid to expand their business, diamond traders of the Surat Diamond Association (SDA) have launched a web portal to retail their products online.
Surat (Gujarat), Apr.11 (ANI-Business Wire India): BMW India has announced the launch of Parsoli Motors, its new dealership facility in Surat.
Surat, Mar.6 (ANI): Forest Rangers have rescued three leopard cubs from a field on the utskirts of Ghala village in Surat.
Surat, Jan 29 (ANI): Textile industry workers in Gujarat's Surat city are returning to their hometowns, after factories where they were employed closed down following a labourers strike over better wages and other facilities.
Surat, Jan 28 (ANI): Textile workers in Surat continued their strike, demanding better wages.
Surat, Jan 23 (ANI): Over 20,000 participants took part in a marathon organised by the municipal corporation in Gujarat's Surat city on Sunday.
Surat, Jan 21 (ANI): The weeklong strike by a group of textile industry workers ended in Surat on Thursday.
Surat, Jan 10 (ANI): Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat has slammed Congress party for allegedly linking Hindu groups with extremism and said that there was no place for radical elements in the party.
Surat, Jan.2 (ANI): Devotees of Lord Ayappa walked on hot embers as a part of Makara Vilakku Mahotsavam in Surat over the weekend.
Surat, Jan.1 (ANI): A non-governmental organisation (NGO) launched an awareness campaign in Gujarat's Surat city to save birds that get killed by the kite threads during the Makar Sankranti, a festival of harvest.
Surat, Dec 28 (ANI): The famed Zari industry of Surat, a precious metal-based embroidery and lining for textiles, faces crisis due to increase in prices of gold, silver and copper.
Surat, Dec.19 (ANI): A shortage of labour is affecting cutting and polishing jobs in Surat's diamond industry.
Surat, Nov.18 (ANI): Increasing demand of diamonds in the international markets prompted traders in Surat to hike the prices of rough diamonds by seven to 20 percent.
Surat (Gujarat), Oct 26 (ANI): Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has refuted all reports of teammate Suresh Raina's alleged association with any bookmaker during Team India's Sri Lanka Tour.
Haripura (Gujarat), Oct.25 (ANI): An elephant, suffering from a stomach ailment died in the forests near Surat in Gujarat.
Kosamba (Gujarat), Oct.17 (ANI): A group of 15-16 armed miscreants barged into a jewellery showroom and robbed jewelleries worth over a million.
Surat, Aug.24 (ANI): A group of visiting foreign students, who are volunteers of AIESEC, celebrated the sibling festival Raksha Bandhan in the Surat city of Gujarat on Tuesday.
Surat, Aug 22 (ANI): Women activists of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have sent 'rakhis' to former state minister Amit Shah, who is currently in jail facing charges of masterminding Sohrabuddin Sheikh's encounter case.
Surat, Aug 16 (ANI): Parents in Gujarat's Surat city celebrated freedom from infertility, with medical treatments like IntraCytoplasmic Sperm Injection of eggs (ICSI) and In-Vitro Fertilisation (IVF).
Surat, Aug 13 (ANI): Yasmin Sajid Sheikh, is all set to become the first senior policewoman from her community in Hindu dominant Gujarat.
Surat, Aug.7 (ANI): The diamond manufacturing industry of Surat in Gujarat is facing an acute shortage of workers. Ahead of commencement of the festival season, this shortage of about 200,000 workers is fast turning into a crisis situation.
Shimla, July 26 (ANI): Landslides triggered by heavy rainfall in Himachal Pradesh killed two and injured eight persons.
Gandhinagar, July 18 (ANI): Gujarat Police on Sunday nabbed an illegal Bangladeshi migrant in Surat.
Surat, June 27, (ANI): An eleven-year-old girl from Gujarat's Surat has set a world record by winning the Mental Mathematical Calculation World Cup 2010 held in Germany.
Surat, June 15 (ANI): The pre-monsoon showers in Gujarat's Surat city, on Tuesday provided a much needed relief to the local residents from the scorching heat.
Surat, June 14 (ANI): A baby girl born to a couple in Surat city of Gujarat this past week has turned cynosure of all eyes, for weighing more than double the weight of any normal baby.
Patna, June 13 (ANI): Bihar Police on Sunday conducted raids on the ad agency in connection with publishing of advertisement in a paper featuring Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his Gujarat counterpart Narendra Modi sharing a dais.
Surat, June 10 (ANI): Women in Surat broke empty pitchers to protest against the acute shortage of water here on Wednesday.
London, June 7 (ANI): Notorious Surat bomber Tiger Hanif who is wanted in India after a double bombing that killed an eight-year-old schoolgirl and injured 38 in 1993, has been enjoying a life of impunity for the last fourteen years under the alias of Mohammed Patel.
Surat, June 1 (ANI): Surat Police arrested a suspected Maoist here on Monday.
Surat, Apr 2 (ANI): Residents of several villages near Surat face acute water shortage and travel about five kilometres to get drinking water.
Ayodhya (Uttar Pradesh), Surat (Gujarat), March 30 (ANI): People in different parts of the country celebrated the Hanuman Jayanti or, the birthday of Lord Hanuman, on Tuesday with religious fervour by visiting popular temples.
Surat/Gandhinagar, Mar 27 (ANI): Zakia Jaffrey, the petitioner and widow of Ehsan Jaffrey, former Congress MP who was allegedly burnt alive during the 2002 communal riots, sees a ray of hope for justice as Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi appeared before a Special Investigation Team (SIT).
Surat (Gujarat), Mar 23 (ANI): The textile shops in Surat incurred losses worth millions of rupees following a massive fire that broke due to a short circuit.
Jaipur/Surat, Feb 27 (ANI): Finished jewellery makers of Jaipur and the workers working in the textile industries of Surat expressed their disappointment over the General Budget 2010-2011 presented by Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in Parliament on Friday.
Surat, Feb 19 (ANI): A local court here on Friday awarded life sentence to the three accused in the infamous July 2009 Surat gang rape case that had rocked the city.
Surat, Feb 11 (ANI): A major fire broke out in a slum in Surat on Wednesday, gutting hutments and shops.
Surat, Feb 2 (ANI): Engineering students in Surat have developed an earthquake-sensing robot that can detect the onset of an earthquake three hours in advance.
Surat, Feb 1 (ANI) Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K Advani today expressed his concern over rampant corruption in society, particularly in judiciary.
Surat, Jan 29 (ANI): The management of the Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT) of Surat has suspended six students for one year while 28 more students were meted out punishment based on their involvement in the ragging incident.
Surat (Gujarat), Jan 21 (ANI): Upset with the detention of 21 diamond merchants by China, diamond merchants in Surat have threatened to end their Chinese operations.
Surat, Jan 18 (ANI): Wildlife enthusiasts and activists here on Sunday carried out a funeral procession of birds entangled in strings and killed during Thursday's kite flying festival of Uttrayan.
Surat, Jan 17 (ANI): Kin of Indian diamond traders detained in China on charges of smuggling diamonds are praying for their early release.
Surat, Jan 13 (ANI): The detention of 21 Indian diamond merchants by China, which has accused them of being part of a smuggling gang, has sent the Indian diamond industry into a tizzy.
Navsari (Gujarat), Dec 31 (ANI): Continuous illegal sand mining in rivers that pass through Surat are not just affecting the natural course of these rivers, but also depleting farmers' produce every year.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) Wednesday has issued an orange alert ? the second highest alert after red alert ? on its website for heavy rains and storm over the coastal region of western India covering North Maharastra, South Gujarat....
Gwalior, Nov 10 (ANI): The President of India and the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, Pratibha Devi Singh Patil, today conferred the Presidential Standards to two premiere combat units of the IAF - No. 47 Squadron and Tactics and Air Combat Development Establishment (TACDE) at an impressive presentation parade held at the Gwalior airbase.
Dehradun, Oct. 24 (ANI): The CBI on Saturday arrested four policemen in Dehradun, who were allegedly involved in killing an MBA student in a fake encounter three months ago.
Surat, Oct 18 (ANI): Property worth millions went up in smoke as a fire broke out in a textile-printing mill in Surat this morning.
Surat, Oct 4 (ANI): Five people of a family were pulled out alive from the debris of an old three-story house that collapsed here on Saturday night.
Surat, Sep. 22 (ANI): Adventurous youngsters in Surat have taken the festive Dandiaya fever a step further by displaying the traditional dance on roller skates.
Surat, Sept 15 (ANI): As the nine-day festival of 'Navratri' approaches, the craze for 'Garba', a folk dance, has picked up amongst women in Gujarat to shed a few kilos before the much-awaited festive season.
Surat, Sep. 8 (ANI): Diamond traders in Surat are expecting good business during the upcoming National Gold and Diamond festival week in China.
Surat, Sep 5 (ANI): The immersion of thousands of idols during the recently concluded Ganesha festival in the waters of Ukai dam near Surat poses a pollution threat.
Surat, Sep 1 (ANI): Relatives of a patient who died at a government hospital in Surat manhandled and thrashed three doctors on Monday.
Surat, Aug 31 (ANI): A temple committee in Surat have decorated idol of lord Ganesha with diamonds worth millions of rupees during the ongoing 10-day Ganesha festival.
Bardoli (Gujarat), Aug 25 (ANI): The irrigation department has decided to turn off water taps next year, leaving sugarcane farmers high and dry in Bardoli subdivision of Gujarat's Surat district.
Indonesia, Aug 24 (ANI/Business Wire India): Pressmart Media Ltd, (www.pressmart.com), a global leader in the digital publishing and delivery solutions, today announced the launch of "Pressmart-Indonesia Print Media Awards (IPMA)" in a bid to recognize the best publishing houses in Indonesia over the calendar year 2009, just after associating with the magazine publishers in Singapore, for its awards as the lead sponsor.
Ahmedabad, July 27 (ANI): The striking doctors in Gujarat refused to bow down and call off their agitation on Monday despite the State Government invoking Essential Service Maintenance Act (ESMA).
Surat, July 25 (ANI): Families, which were victimised during the communal riots of 2002 in Gujarat, have expressed their happiness at the Gujarat High Court's green signal to the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to interrogate state Chief Minister Narenda Modi for his role in the riots.
Surat, July 24 (ANI): High tidal waves in Arabian Sea lash Gujarat coast.
Taregana (Bihar), July 17 (ANI): Officials in Bihar are busy making arrangements to handle the rush of solar eclipse watchers later this month.
Surat, June 26 (ANI): Textile traders in Surat, who are hit by global recession, high bank interests and soaring cotton prices, hope for some relief in the government's annual budget which is scheduled to be presented on July 6.
